Psa 58:4-5, Ecc 10:11 | TSK | STEP | poison. like. Heb. according to the likeness of. serpent. the deaf. adder or asp.{Pethen,} is no doubt the {boeten} of the Arabians, which M. Forskal describes as spotted with black and white, about one foot in length, nearly half an inch thick, oviparous, and its bite almost instant death. It is the aspic of the ancients, and is so called the literati of Cyprus, though the common people call it [kouphe,] deaf.

Psalms 58:4-5

poison.

like. Heb. according to the likeness of. serpent.

the deaf.

adder or asp.{Pethen,} is no doubt the {boeten} of the Arabians, which M. Forskal describes as spotted with black and white, about one foot in length, nearly half an inch thick, oviparous, and its bite almost instant death. It is the aspic of the ancients, and is so called the literati of Cyprus, though the common people call it [kouphe,] deaf.

Job 20:14,16; Isa 11:8

Which.That serpents might be charmed or rendered harmless was well known to the ancients. Virgil, and many others state the fact:--{Frigidus in pratis cantando, rumpitur anguis.} "In the meadows the cold snake is burst by incantation."

charming never so wisely. or, be the charmer never socunning.

De 18:11; Isa 19:3

Ecclesiastes 10:11

the serpent.

Ps 58:4,5; Jer 8:17

a babbler. Heb. the master of the tongue.

Ps 52:2; 64:3; Pr 18:21; Jas 3:6